I don't mind at all. [ They can't hurt anybody anymore, so it's easier. ] Fal'cie were beings with godlike power. For a long time they controlled nearly every aspect of our lives. We always thought they looked out for us until we found out that they were actually using humanity for their own goals.

[ But, let's backtrack a bit. ]

They had the ability to turn people into what we called l'cie. It was like... becoming a Fal'cie's pawn. You'd be branded, and given a task, a Focus. If you failed to complete it you'd eventually turn into a monster... If you managed to defy it or see it through you'd be turned into crystal, but still conscious, in a way. Like an eternal dream.

[ It's all a bit heavy for a first time conversation, but there's no point in lying about it, either. ]

So... yes. Your world is better without them.

They were overthrown a couple of years in my past, and since then humanity has had to learn how to get by on their own. So in a way we've had to start over, with a little bit of leftover technology to help out. Too much depended on them.